Lohan

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Seated Lohan holding pearl, traces of gesso and decoration remaining, missing hand reinstated. This is one of 260 pieces presented by Captain George A Humphreys-Davies. Humphrey’s-Davies (born circa 1888, England – died December 1948, Cannes, France) was a farmer, collector of Eastern ceramics, jades, bronzes and Japanese prints. Educated at Oxford and served with the 2nd Life Guards in the First World War. Post war he saw service in India before coming to Auckland to farm and live at Freshwater, Kawakawa Bay in the early 1920s. A genuine connoisseur and keenly interest in every phase of art, he became a valued supporter of the activities of Auckland Museum. Through the years he acquired a very fine collection of works of eastern art and presented a collection of Chinese pottery figures to the museum.

Whakahounga o Mua: 28 Nov 2023